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WARREN WIERSBE | "TEMPTATION" | BARRIERS ERECTED AROUND US TO KEEP US FROM SINNING | SERIES 2/3

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we're looking together at James chapter

one and we're discovering the four

barriers that God has erected

to keep you from sinning

the first barrier that we discovered is

in verses 13 through 16 it's the barrier

of God's judgment

James is saying look ahead and see the

consequences the consequences of

suffering and sorrow and death

lust or desire when it conceives brings

forth sin and sin when it is full grown

bringeth forth death

there is a sad consequence even to

forgiven sin

God forgave David's sin but David

suffered David paid for it until the

very day of his death does God do this

because he is mean of course not God

does it because he is just and faithful

the same law that says if you sow

blessing you'll reap blessing says if

you sow sin you'll reap death

God's laws are not going to change

God in his grace forgives us but God in

his government must permit the laws of

this universe to operate

and whether you like it or not my friend

we reap what we sow

and so as you are tempted as the devil

dangles the bait before you he offers

you something so wonderful and so

alluring look beyond the bait to the

consequences loss of joy

death to your testimony a killing of the

of the character within and possibly

physical death

in verse 17 of James chapter 1

he gives us the second barrier against

sin and Temptation it's this God's

goodness James 1 17. every good gift and

every perfect gift is from above and

cometh down from the Father of Lights

with whom is no variableness no

variation neither Shadow caused by

turning the goodness of God

Satan comes to you and he questions the

goodness of God now you know that

you remember that last time you were ill

oh you had so much to do the family

needed you and and you were lying there

ill perhaps you're in the hospital

surgery perhaps there was an auto

accident and Satan said oh if God loved

you this would never have happened

if God were really good this wouldn't

have happened he said this to Eve

he came into the garden and he said

yea hath God said

that you shall not eat of every tree in

the garden

and Eve said well we we may eat of every

tree of the garden she left out a word

God said you may freely eat

she forgot the free goodness of God

and he said oh he said you won't surely

die because God is holding out on you

God knows that if you eat of this tree

you're going to become like God

and eve took the bait first there was desire

desire

and then there was deception and then

there was disobedience

and then there was death

that whole process is spelled out in

verses 14 and 15 but he questioned the

goodness of God

now he did the same thing to the Lord

Jesus when he tempted him in the wilderness

wilderness

our Lord had been fasting for 40 days

and 40 nights and he was hungry

Satan came to the Lord Jesus and he said

well how come you're hungry

your father spoke from heaven and said

this is my beloved Son in whom I'm well pleased

pleased

now if you are his beloved Son why are

you hungry

maybe Satan has said to you if you're

God's beloved child why did you lose

your job

why do you have that handicap why did

your baby die

Satan comes to us and he questions the

goodness of God he said to the Lord

Jesus you have power to turn these

stones into bread why don't you do it

feed yourself and of course the Lord

Jesus resisted him

you see you and I must be very careful

not to blame God

now he tells us in James chapter 1 and

verse 13 let no man say when he's

tempted I'm tempted of God

for God cannot be tempted with evil

neither tempteth he any man

God is good now this is one of the basic

doctrines of the Bible our God is a holy God

God

and as a holy God he cannot do evil nor

will he solicit anyone to do evil

the Lord is good his Mercy is

Everlasting his truth endures to all

generations my friend God is good no

matter how you feel

you say well I just don't feel like God

is good to me wait a minute if you go by

your feelings you're going to be in

trouble God is good the Bible teaches that

that

every good gift comes from above every

evil offer

the bait on the hook comes from below

from the devil so don't blame God God

knows what he's doing

and God promises us all things are

working together for good you're facing

some Temptation I don't know what it is

a young person listening right now may

be facing a tremendous Temptation you're

looking for a shortcut to achieve

something and this and the devil has the

bait before you and I say to you you

don't need the devil's substitutes

God is good now just consider how good

God is verse 17 of James 1 tells us he

gives only good gifts

Jesus said one day if you men who are fathers

fathers

hear your son asking for an egg you you

wouldn't give him a scorpion if he comes

and asks for some bread you wouldn't

give him a stone

now if you being evil know how to give

good gifts to your children how much

more shall Your Father in heaven give

good things to them that ask him God

will never give you anything that will

harm you

now sometimes God permits things that

hurt us my doctor has hurt me he's never

harmed me

sometimes people who are very near to me

people I love very much have hurt me but

they've not harmed me the Book of

Proverbs says faithful are the wounds of

a friend but the kisses of an enemy are

deceitful nothing God ever gives you

will create evil unless you listen to

the devil

now James also tells us that the way he

gives is good

may I retranslate verse 17 every good

giving that means the way that it's done

and every perfect gift is from above the

way God gives his gifts is good

now I have seen people give gifts to

other people in a very off-handed way

sometimes in a rude way God never does that

that

not only are God's gifts good but the

way he gives them is good now when you

and I try to get these things in our own

way scheming plotting planning we create problems

problems

the verse also tells me that he gives constantly

constantly

every good giving and every perfect gift

is from above and keeps on coming down

you see God is generous now the devil

doesn't want you to believe that he

comes with his baited hook he comes with

his baited trap and he said I'm giving

you something God will never give you

and we look at those enticing baits

and God says to us wait a minute look

around and see God's goodness he gives

only good gifts the way he gives is good

and he gives constantly and he never changes

changes

now Satan changes Satan is Devious he

likes to lurk in the shadows he has ways

of changing he's a masquerader

but God doesn't do that God is

consistent and God is constant and God

is changeless

and James is saying to us how can you

sin against God's goodness

Book of Romans Chapter 2 tells me that

it's the goodness of God that leads men

to repentance what was it that awakened

the prodigal son his Madness well he

admitted I'm perishing with hunger

but that wasn't what really awakened

that boy it was the goodness of his

father he said how many of my father's

hired servants have bred enough and

despair and I perish with Hunger it was

his father's loving generosity and

goodness that stirred this boy to get

out of the pig pen and go back home

now I know you're tempted I am tempted

Satan knows the normal desires of human

nature God's good gifts are all that we need

need

I've referred often to David and his sin

allow me to remind you of something else

about that experience

the prophet said to David you know God

gave to you your predecessor's Palace

his crown all that he had he's given you

wives he's given you children and then

said the prophet if this had not been

enough he would have given you more

when David stole his neighbor's wife

he was robbing himself he was robbing

his neighbor he could have come and said

oh God you have been so good to me I

don't need my neighbor's wife why should

I steal his little you lamb when you

have given to me so many riches and so

many good blessings

my friend you're going to get hooked on

the devil's bait if you forget the

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now this leads us to verse 18 of James

chapter 1 and the third barrier that God

has erected to keep us on the road of

obedience namely the barrier of God's nature

nature

James says look within and realize that

you have been born from above

James 1 18.

of his own will begot he us with the

word of Truth

that we should be a kind of first fruits

of his creatures

now the thing he's talking about here is

the new birth

when I was born the first time I was

born a child of Adam

and I inherited Adam's Fallen nature

but when I was born again born from above

above

born through faith in Jesus Christ

I was born with a brand new nature God's nature

nature

you see my friend if you have trusted

Jesus Christ as your savior then you

have been born again by the grace of God

notice please it says of his own will be

God he us I had nothing to do with my

first birth I wasn't asked for my

opinion I wasn't allowed to vote I

didn't even fill out an application

my birth was the result of decisions

made by people other than myself

my second birth involved a decision to

receive Christ as my savior but

initially this birth began in the mind

and the Heart of God now friends this is

a mystery

it's difficult for us to comprehend what

God has done in eternity but this much

we know Salvation is of the Lord

it didn't start with you it didn't start

with me it started with God salvation is

of the Lord of his own will

be God he us did you ever ask yourself

the question why does the bible use

birth as a picture of Salvation that's

an interesting subject

there are many different pictures of

Salvation in the Bible the shepherd

finding a lost sheep the woman finding a

lost coin the father welcoming a wayward

son back home

a host inviting people to come to a

great feast all of these are pictures of salvation

salvation

but our lord Jesus and James and John

talk about birth

well the essential thing there is this

birth is the result of life

you see you manufacture golf balls you

manufacture automobiles but babies are

born birth is the result of life

now when you were saved it was the

result of two spiritual parents coming

together the word of God and the spirit

of God

in John chapter 3 our lord Jesus said to

Nicodemus you must be born of the spirit

that which is born of the flesh is flesh

that which is born of the spirit is Spirit

Spirit

salvation means that the spirit of God

takes the word of God and generates

faith in the Son of God and a miracle

takes place now the theologians have a

good time discussing all of the

ramifications of this but all we need to

know right now is this that birth means life

life

and birth determines nature

James is saying you have received a new

nature now God does not change the old

nature we have nothing in the word of

God that tells us that our old nature is

any different today from the very moment

we were saved it is still corrupt the

old nature is still of Adam

the old nature still is under the

condemnation of God but the new nature

that is within us is God's Own nature

you are born of God

now in first John chapter 3

and verse 9 we are told that whatsoever

is born of God does not practice sin why

because his seed the divine nature

remains within him

there's a conflict

in the Christian Life a conflict between

an old nature and a new nature this is

graphically portrayed in Galatians

chapter 5 where it says the flesh lusts

against the spirit and the spirit lusts

against the Flesh and these are contrary

one to the other and so our lives can

become a Battlefield

now the interesting thing is this when

Temptation comes before you one of your

two Natures is going to respond either

the old nature is going to respond and

that old nature is going to lead you

into sin

or the new nature is going to respond

and that new nature is going to give you

Victory whatsoever is born of God says

first John overcomes the world

this birth that we have gives us a new

nature and nature determines appetite

that's an important concept

because we are partakers of the divine

nature our appetite is different

as you drive through the farm yards and

out into the rural areas now you'll see

the animals and they're out in the

pasture and you'll find that the Sheep

are eating the the grass and and they're

enjoying it you don't find the sheep

usually wallowing in the mud rummaging

in the in the garbage but you might find

the pigs there

the pigs enjoy wallowing in the mud and

and rummaging around and in the refuse

why a pig has a pig's nature a sheep has

a sheep's nature nature determines

appetite the old nature wants to be fed

Paul wrote to the Romans and said make

no provision for the flesh to fulfill

the desires thereof don't buy any

groceries for the flesh

don't give the flesh anything to eat in

Romans 8 Paul tells us that we have no

obligation to our flesh therefore

brethren we are debtors not to the flesh

to live after the flesh did you know

that everything the Bible says about

your old nature is negative

is that a surprise to you if you think

that there are good things in your old

nature then you're heading for trouble

because the Bible wants us to recognize

the fact that the old nature means

defeat I was a born loser

but when I was born again I was a born winner

winner

for example in Philippians chapter 3

Paul says we have no confidence in the

flesh now if you face Temptation in the

power of the flesh you say well I have

confidence I've been through this before

I've faced this before therefore I can

win watch out

let him that think of these standeth

take heed lest he fall Jesus said to his

three disciples there in the garden the

spirit indeed is willing but the flesh

is weak

having no confidence in the flesh

in Romans chapter 7 the Apostle Paul

affirms that there is in his flesh no

good thing you say well there are still

some good things in my flesh oh no no

the old nature is negative the old

Nature has nothing to contribute to your

spiritual life no confidence in the

flesh in my flesh no good thing do you

know what Jesus said about your flesh in

John chapter 6 he said it is the spirit

that gives life the flesh prophets

nothing how much profit is there to the

flesh nothing

it's all loss and so when you when you

face Temptation look within and say I

have been born again

I have been begotten of God I have a new

nature nature determines appetite I'm

going to feed the new nature the word of

God I'm going to feed my new nature in

prayer and fellowship with God and with

God's people nature determines Behavior

dogs bark because they have a dog's

nature cats meow because they have a

cat's nature

you take a fish out of the water and put

that fish in a nest the fish will die

take the bird out of the nest and put it

under the water the bird will die why

because nature determines behavior my

friend if you have a new nature and you

surrender to that new nature and you

allow that new person within you to

control you then you will get the

victory I think the little Sunday school

student put it perfectly when he was

asked the question by his teacher how do

you deal with temptation

well said the little boy when the Devil

comes and knocks at my door

I don't go answer it I send Jesus to

answer it

now that may seem rather juvenile to you

but there's a profound truth there

no confidence in the flesh I'm not going

to answer the door I'm the one who will

fail Peter said oh I have confidence in

My Flesh in my flesh are some good

things I'm courageous I'm going to get

through this temptation Jesus said no

Peter you're going to fall because

you're putting confidence in the wrong place

place

my friend the next time you face a temptation

temptation

remember now look ahead and remember

God's judgment

because the wages of sin is death

and look around and remember God's

goodness he is so good to you you do not

need anything the devil offers you and

then look within and remember that you

have a brand new nature down inside

the divine nature and this nature can

give you Victory this is why it's

important for us as Believers to read

the Bible day by day to feed this new

nature within us this is why it's so

important at the beginning of the day

that we just turn ourselves over to the

Lord did you do that today did you take

time this morning before the the day got

too busy just to turn yourself over to

the Lord to read the word of God to

worship to pray because when you do this

then the new nature takes over and then

when Temptation comes knocking at the

door the new nature goes to answer the

door and this means victory of his own

will be God he us with the word of Truth

you have a new nature within this means

you can live a new life [Music]

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